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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police said Friday a key witness in a burglary case who vanished while walking his dog has been found.

A police statement said 22-year-old Darwin Vela was located in the LAPD’s Pacific Division. Investigators were trying to determine what happened to him.

There was no immediate word on his condition.

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The Texas State Board of Education voted to approve a Houghton Mifflin environmental science textbook Friday, after some thought advocates for the oil and gas industry had tried to “hijack” the book’s adoption process.

Weighing which textbooks to approve, the board has been holding public hearings and review committees for months. There had been no concerns over the environmental textbook until a Wednesday hearing, where oil and gas professional Becky Berger attempted to persuade the board against the book’s adoption.

On Thursday, nonpartisan watchdog Texas Freedom Network expressed concerns that the board would not approve the book, as a result of Berger’s testimony.

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The contents of your wallet are under attack. Earlier this month Coin swept in threatening to eliminate the need for all of your beloved non-cash payment methods and now Google Wallet is making it even easier to capture your plastic with its latest Android update. Along with the introduction of its very own physical debit cards, Google added the ability to upload your debit and credit cards to Wallet by simply snapping a picture with your smartphone — similar to the recent addition to the Dropbox Android app. Instead of entering your card numbers manually (such a drag, we know), those users who see a camera icon in the “card number” field of the Wallet mobile app, can capture both the card number and expiration date with a photograph.

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If you recall, it was a couple of months ago that we reported on Phonebloks a modular smartphone concept which sounded like a great idea, not only in terms of allowing customers to customize their phones, but a great way to save the environment as ruined components could easily be swapped out instead of throwing the whole phone away. Motorola announced that they would be working with Phonebloks to make the project a reality, announcing Project Ara in the process. Well the good news for those who loved the idea is that it looks like the phone is one step closer to becoming a reality.

3D Systems has recently announced that they will be partnering up with Motorola to create a high-speed 3D printing platform for Project Ara. This deal is expected to last for the new few years, and if successful, will also see 3D Systems create their own smartphone enclosures and modules and will Motorola’s “exclusive fulfillment partner”. According to Avi Reichental, President and CEO of 3D Systems, “Project Ara was conceived to build a platform that empowers consumers all over the world with customization for a product made by and for the individual […] 3D printing promotes a level of sustainability, functionality, and mass personalization that turns these kinds of global ambitions into attainable local realities. Project Ara combines two exponential technologies, and we expect that the resulting high-throughput advanced manufacturing platform will have far reaching implications on the entire digital thread that stitches together the factory of the future.”

There’s still no telling when Project Ara will start making its way into the hands of consumers around the world, but it definitely looks like we are one step closer to that happening. So, who else is excited?

Motorola Teams Up With 3D Systems: Project Ara One Step Closer To Reality original content from Ubergizmo.

2014 is the year when Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S5, but apart from that prediction, not much else is known about said device. Rumors have suggested that it could feature a metal frame, and thanks to a recently leaked photo, it seems that the rumors might be true! As you can see in the image above, it shows a frame of a smartphone that is apparently made from metal. According to the folks at Nowhereelse.fr, they claim that this is a component belonging to none other than the Galaxy s5, and based on what we can see, it certainly looks a bit bigger than its predecessor, the Galaxy S4, although we’re not sure by how much.

We have been hearing a fair bit of rumors of the Galaxy S5 for a while now, with the most recent one suggesting that the handset would retain its 5” display but sport a 2,560×1,440 resolution, giving it a pretty high pixel density of 560ppi. There were rumors suggesting a metal body as well, although these rumors were quickly countered with another rumor suggesting that it would still keep its plastic body, but would sport a faux leather back, similar to that of the Galaxy Note 3. Other rumored specs include a 16MP camera with ISOCELL technology and an eye sensor.

Alleged Galaxy S5 Metal Frame Spotted In Leaked Photo original content from Ubergizmo.